Patents by Inventor Kenneth Sweeney
Kenneth Sweeney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11948448Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Publication number: 20230237899Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Patent number: 11631320Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Publication number: 20220172598Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Patent number: 11270573Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Publication number: 20210082278Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Patent number: 10854069Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Publication number: 20200334971Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Patent number: 10706713Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Publication number: 20190180605Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Patent number: 10210748Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Publication number: 20180286216Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Patent number: 9997054Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Publication number: 20170352255Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to determining that the person is in proximity to the person's home or business, transmitting a disarm command by the personal communication device to a security controller for the security controller to disarm the security system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Kenneth Sweeney, Thomas Thibault, Thomas Henley, Louis Hughes
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Publication number: 20170316680Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Patent number: 9613524Abstract: Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, performing one or more actions when the elapsed time is greater than the predetermined time, and refraining from performing the one or more actions when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Ecolink Intelligent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney